Archive for the ‘Media regulation’ Category
Friday, October 19th, 2007
A story developing before our eyes. Early this afternoon (Pacific Time) I got a mail on Lauren Weinstein's Privacy mailing list, pointing to a subpoena directed at the editors of the Phoenix New times:In a breathtaking abuse of the United States Constitution, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, ...
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
I'm sitting in a room at Simon Fraser University, overlooking the Vancouver harbour. The rain, which had lifted over lunch, has returned, making the hills, of North Vancouver, on the far side appear ghostly, when they are visible at all. In a strange way, however, this rain seems so familiar, ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
I recently got a mail calling for proposals for a symposium on "Media | Literacy | Education" to take place 3rd November in Dublin. Proposals are due by 28th September:We are specifically looking for people to contribute to A) parallel breakout sessions and B) general assembly presentations.
The facilitated parallel breakout sessions ...
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
It's always interesting to consider the difference in scale between the costs of radio and television programming. Today the BCI announced €8.7m in funding for television programming, spread across 54 projects (out of 121 applications). With over €150k on average being provided for each project, one of the figures released by ...
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
News from various sources about the ending of analogue television in the Netherlands, the first country in the world to make the move.
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
The BCI have just announced a conference on Irish Broadcasting - themed around identity and relationships - for 7 and 8 November, in the Conrad Hotel in Dublin. There are some interesting speakers promised, but I'm somewhat disappointed by the fact that it seems completely composed of plenary sessions and ...
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
A new Broadcasting Bill is currently being considered in Ireland, and a number of issues bear comment: The Oireachtas committee dealing with the Bill mandated an internet-based consulatation. Unfortunately, I was travelling when I became aware of the process, and though I registered, I wasn't able to set aside time to ...
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Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
The Irish government has announced proposals for new legislation governing defamation and privacy. The old question of the difference between libel and slander will become moot as both torts will be abolished and replaced with an offence of defamation. A new Press Council will be established - to be appointed ...
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Monday, May 29th, 2006
Word from Comreg via Openspectrum and the Sunday Business Post is that a new European standard may soon legalize the use of iTrip-style devices in Ireland (and presumably elsewhere in Europe). Given that this new European standard will presumably be custom-crafted for micro-transmitters, I wonder how it will compare to ...
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
Long time funferal readers may recall that last year, under the Scagaire moniker, I authored a submission to Comreg on spectrum management. So much, so wonky. However, one of the main issues I concentrated on in that document was Comreg's proposed response to the existance of pirate broadcast operations based ...
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